Patients with vitamin D deficiency are skyrocketing … "Women in their fifties"

This can cause osteoporosis.

Vitamin D deficiency resulted in a total of 90,000 patients in 2017. Depending on gender and age group, the number of patients in their fifties is the highest. It is therefore important to pay attention to the risk of osteoporosis due to vitamin D deficiency.

According to the National Health Insurance Company (NHIC), the number of patients with vitamin D deficiency (E55) who visited the hospital has increased three-fold in the last four years, from 18,727 in 2013 to 914 in 2017. In 2017, there were 19,148 male patients and 70,686 female patients.

By age group, the number of patients in their fifties (25,839, 28.7%) was the highest. Followed by quarantine (17,907 people, 19.9%) and sixties (16,450 people, 18.3%). As a result, patients aged 40 to 60 years accounted for 67% of the total. In particular, the number of patients in their fifties reached 23,455, the highest among all bades and all ages. Park Sye-hee, professor of endocrinology and medicine at Ilsan hospital in Ilsan hospital, said: "Women wear a UV blocking cream every day when they come out. "Increased interest in vitamin D seems to have increased the need for vitamin D deficiency," he said.

Depending on the season, the number of patients with vitamin D deficiency tended to increase from autumn (September to November) and winter (12 to February). In winter, the number of patients was highest and in winter, it was more than 30% higher than in spring. Vitamin D is mainly composed of skin by ultraviolet rays, the number of patients in winter increasing.

Vitamin D is one of the fat-soluble vitamins that regulate calcium metabolism, helping to absorb calcium and phosphorus into the body and strengthening the bones. The insufficient risk of rickets, osteomalacia and osteoporosis can be increased. To prevent vitamin D deficiencies, take an appropriate amount of supplements or consume foods such as salmon, mackerel, tuna and egg yolk. 15 to 20 additional minutes of sun a day are helpful for vitamin D production. It is also good to expose your arms and legs to the sun when you apply sunscreen on your face.

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